Michael Cohen to resume testimony in Trump hush-money trial
Al Jazeera
Trump’s former lawyer set to face tough cross-examination after testifying ex-president took part in hush-money scheme.
Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen is set to resume testifying in a New York City courtroom, a day after Cohen accused the ex-United States president of taking part in a scheme to suppress negative media coverage before the 2016 elections.
Cohen, the prosecution’s star witness, faces what is expected to be a tough cross-examination from Trump’s legal team on Tuesday.
Trump, the first former US president to go on trial, was being joined in the Manhattan courtroom by an entourage of Republican supporters, including House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Their presence on Tuesday as Cohen returns to the stand is a not-so-subtle show of support meant not just for Trump – who is seeking re-election in November – but also for voters tuning in from home and for the jurors who are deciding the former president’s fate.
On Monday, Cohen testified that the ex-president ordered him to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels, who said she had a sexual encounter in 2006 with the married real estate developer-turned-politician. Trump has denied any encounter took place.
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